David Rimmer, a prosecutor who presented very different accounts of the same murder in two trials here last summer, was formally cleared today in an ethics inquiry. In an interview here today, Mr. Rimmer, 56, said he had been too busy to give much...

A prosecutor who gave two conflicting theories of a killing in back-to-back murder trials of the juvenile brothers Derek and Alex King and an adult friend has been cleared of accusations that he knowingly presented false evidence. The Florida Bar's...

A man charged with trying to cover up the crime of Derek and Alex King, two young brothers who killed their father, was found guilty today of accessory to murder after the fact and witness tampering. A jury in Escambia County Circuit Court in...

A man charged with kidnapping and molesting the younger of two brothers who admitted killing their sleeping father with a baseball bat was acquitted of most of the charges. The defendant, Ricky Chavis, was found not guilty of 10 molestation charges...

Two teenage brothers who pleaded guilty to killing their father have been transferred to a juvenile detention center from adult prison despite objections from the judge and prosecutor, officials said. The two, Alex, left, and Derek King, ages 13 and...

December 17, 2002, Tuesday

Alex and Derek King, the teenage brothers whose second-degree murder convictions for the bludgeoning death of their father were thrown out by a judge last month, pleaded guilty today to third-degree murder. As a result, they will be spared the much...

Closed-door talks have begun in an effort to settle the case of two teenage brothers whose convictions for killing their father were thrown out in September, and a mediator said today that they would conclude on Wednesday. The brothers -- Alex and...

The former talk show host Rosie O'Donnell has hired a prominent criminal lawyer in Miami to help represent two young brothers convicted in the fatal beating of their father. Ms. O'Donnell, who is known for supporting children's causes, called the...

Of all the high-profile courtroom dramas in recent years, none have been more surreal than the case of the two young brothers convicted in Florida last month of bludgeoning their father to death. Prosecutors, uncertain who was responsible for the...

The judge who tried two teenage brothers in the bludgeoning death of their father threw out their murder convictions today, saying the prosecution's ''unusual and bizarre'' decision to try another man in the killing before the boys' trial violated...